ks3 & 4 pshe lesson plan 2 – football's more than the ... - First News

ACTIVITY TWO
Investigating working environments and daily tasks involved in different jobs and how these vary
from role to role (20 minutes)
In this activity students use the ‘Day in the Life’ cards (Resource 8) to compare the working environments and tasks involved
in different jobs. Again, choose one role to study as a class and put up on the whiteboard, for example, TV Producer.
Can you name the different places in which a TV Producer could work?
(As well as using the ‘Day in the Life’ cards to find information and ask students to think about where this person would work
on non-match days.)
• Football stadiums around the UK
• Outside Broadcast Trucks
• TV Offices
Which different groups of people does this person have to work with?
• match director, production manager, production team, cameramen, technical crew, engineers, presenters, directors, video
tape department
What different tasks are involved in this role?
• planning meetings, equipment checks, rehearsals, deciding which pre-recorded items to include or drop, watching football
action to plan for half-time and post-match discussions
Is there a uniform or dress-code for this job?
• Although there is no uniform for a TV producer, in this role you meets lot of different people throughout the working day,
therefore they would need to be reasonably smart.
What most interests you about this job?
• e.g It would be exciting working with lots of different groups of people and solving problems on the spot in order to create a
TV programme
Students investigate four other jobs using the ‘Day in the Life’ cards and record their findings on the ‘Investigating Work Roles’
worksheet (Resource 10 - this worksheet will need to be photocopied double-sided).
Plenary (5 – 10 minutes)
Discuss with the students what they have found out, and compare and contrast the different jobs.
e.g
Which jobs involve having meetings and what are the meetings for?
Which jobs are more office based?
Which roles involve working with lots of people?
Which jobs use more technology?
Discuss the working environments and variety of tasks the students would like in their future career. Can they identify
which of the eleven job roles they think would be suitable for other students in the class and explain their reasons for these
suggestions?